Genus Hungatella

Name: Hungatella Kaur et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Hun.ga.tel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Hungatella, in honour of R. E. Hungate, who contributed much to anaerobic bacteriology

Gender: feminine (stem: Hungatell-)

Type species: Hungatella hathewayi (Steer et al. 2002) Kaur et al. 2014

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kaur S, Yawar M, Kumar PA, Suresh K. Hungatella effluvii gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic bacterium isolated from an effluent treatment plant, and reclassification of Clostridium hathewayi as Hungatella hathewayi gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:710-718.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1827-1829.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Emendations:
- Heng and Kittelmann 2024 Heng YC, Kittelmann S. Proposal for reclassification of the species Hungatella xylanolytica as Lacrimispora xylanisolvens nom. nov. and transfer of the genus Hungatella to the family Lachnospiraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6417. Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6461.
  Notes:
  - ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 1 species from the genus.

Notes:
- 🧕 Heng and Kittelmann (2024) assigned this genus to the family Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010. Publication: Heng YC, Kittelmann S. Proposal for reclassification of the species Hungatella xylanolytica as Lacrimispora xylanisolvens nom. nov. and transfer of the genus Hungatella to the family Lachnospiraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6417.
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Steer T, Collins MD, Gibson GR, Hippe H, Lawson PA. Clostridium hathewayi sp. nov., from human faeces. Syst Appl Microbiol 2001; 24:353-357.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; CCUG: 2; CGMCC: 1; KCTC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 5

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Hungatella effluvii Kaur et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Hungatella hathewayi (Steer et al. 2002) Kaur et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Hungatella hominis Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Candidatus Hungatella pullicola" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
Hungatella xylanolytica (Scholten-Koerselman et al. 1988) García-López et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kaur S, Yawar M, Kumar PA, Suresh K. Hungatella effluvii gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic bacterium isolated from an effluent treatment plant, and reclassification of Clostridium hathewayi as Hungatella hathewayi gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:710-718.

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Genus Hungatella